St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-08
THE SIXTH DISTRICT CONGRESS.
sloNAL CONVENTION.
PirHN IlilP.

Piray ulle.
The Dem ocrAtic Convention 10 n0mi.
nate n candidate ful Congress from the
Sixth Distiict Uf this Stare, after a
STORMY session, has Nominated Mr..
Robertson aud djnurnrd. Its prnrred-
Jugs have d-vel"ped murl, that is of
interest Throughout the entire State.
and much that will he regretted 10y all
tue Democrats.
At the "utsct of the contest the amp.
p"ltrss of General Nichols nnnnnnc+d
that the canvass for The gnvrlun,Slip
should not cutter into the Congressional
Question:, aud IN an earnest invited
both Nj. k"rnau and Mr.. Robertson to
speak tiun the sanIr riatfnini with
General NirhnlIs ut Zrha,y. Mr..
Roheri~0n Therefore received the sup
port of man, Nlrl,nIl> M II, aud 'hrnuxh
their mssIssanr- carried The ln,i~h of
East Baton Rouge. Dir. Sttt""n of
Livingston, " tsnIs. we believe. u utin-
her If the Eichnlls State Campaign
Committee. waS :: R"hr,t>"n drrgatr
tn the convention. There were nll-
mtrcus candidates IN III" ti"ld. aud the.
de'rgari"us from both sides at the
river were m"lt badly broken up than
usual.
Wv WI t'ti t'tHtb'N-
ing this district nine at tiunl are uli-
qu"sii"nabI, for Nlrh"l|s. These would
nave had SO votes in the Convention
out of 81, aud IT the gnl,trnatnrIal ia
sue had been the lrnding one the result
admitted OF no doubt.
The Observation-Disclosures, however, near
the close OF the cnntts, saw IN nppnr-
tuliity to make political capital hy th.
exricise Of chicantry in manipulating
the cunvenlinr, aud awaited themselves
IF it. The E>'iI+.te Rump org ,,,iza-
ton of ST. Landry, which had been
ruled ont nf the last Congressional Con
v-niion after open discussion, and
which had been refused rrc"gnilinn by
The Executive Committee of the Dis
trici hut ftw w-eks ago. held little
mass meeting off in one corner Of the
parish and sent "A c"ntestlng delegation.
In Av0yelles parish the Hdmlni>tra-
tinuists. finding themselves in m,nori-
~. boiled. aud set no n rival "rganiza-
tiun for the pnrimscS ct II contest. The
twelve Delegates from both these.
paI ,St,ps representing The people, and
hra,ing credentials from the duly and
nr",mrlv constituted and rprugnizpi
Parish Executive Committees, were
therefore excluded from he preliminary
of the convention.
A fight was tIsri. for mnde hy the
to admit these bogus del
-gatinns, and with surc-Ss. since,
though there waa mnjniity nf Nichols
men in the body. some of them were
tied I'D Ivy the mninity rule and not
allowed to vote. There were 81 Votes !
in the convention. The 12 contested |
votes from Av"v+ll-s and ST. Landry
left 80 in the preliminary "rgantz ,tinn. |
Or these 90 5 6 represented supporters /
IT General NlchoIlS. and IS 1-8 repre- ,
srnt-d McEn-ry del-gat-s. When it |
nn,r to Il vote on the admission nf the !
St. Landry and Av",rlirs drltgatinns,
10 votes, there We're 6 Mich
Ills Votes tied M H. mInntfes in pariSl, |
delegations whiri, were instructed Ia |
vote ~ unit, aud they had Ia sit quiet
and submit tn this d.ih+rate perver-
.inn of the will "f tn" prnpl-.
Mr. Robertson had III" npi,ntunity of
getting the t,nniiua,inn withnuf II resort
20 this gagging process aud without the
of throwing out dele ntionS
several thousand D.mn-
rats nf the district. H.. allowed him
,plf to be iut1u-tc. q by The machine
managers tu AID in this necessary and |
deliberate wrnng upon he great parish .
# S.. Landry. The Nichols votes gave.
,lr Rohprfsnn the parish of East Baton
Rouge, and the pnSse>Sinu of that pirish !
gave him s"lid footing for the contest.
Two other Nichols Parishes backed up
liz prrtpnsi,us in their primary elec-
ions though knowing hr was Il friend
If Governor MrEr-ry, aud before the
convention nth.r NIch"lls parishes came
q his support. H.. was ais" full aware
" fore the assembling OF the convention
ilai the machine contemplated sAcritic-
ng him for Mr.. Sparks. WI" WAS the
'pal candidate they desired to put
hr"ugh. He would have been the choice
# the convention "n II square deal. but
Flowed himself tn ht drawn into Il
.cl+me for partisan outrage upnn one
# the largest aud most influential par
she's in his district.
But the lesson nf this convention will
,nt IN. unhersied by the Democrats of
hr State. 1t affords another illnstra-
ion nf the contempt Of the McEnery
managers for the rank and file of the
Democracy. and their determination to
nrpresR the voice If the people 1T the
State. But in the tinaI test the Dnmn-
,racy will prove itself stronger than this
:liqup, aud will express and carry out
t. own will.